Collapsible drinking-cup.



E. S.,BURNS.

JOLLAPSIBLE DRINKING 0UP. 1 APPLICATION FILED 001.2, 1911.

1,010,581. I PatenfiedDea5, 1911.

EMELINE S. BURNS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COLLAPSIBLE nnnvxrlve-our.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2,1911.

; Patented Dec. 5, 1911. Serial No. 652,458;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMELINE S. BURNS, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Collapsible Drinking-Cups, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the .art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer encebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a section taken through the centerof the container or box in which my improved collapsible drinking cup ispositioned and carried while in a collapsed condition. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a col-- lapsible drinking cup of myimproved con struction.Fig. 3 is anelevation of my improved drinking cup and showing the lowerend of the folding handle detached from its support. Fig. 4 is a planview of the box or container for the collapsible cup.

This invention relates to a collapsible drinking cup and the box orcontainer therefor, and the objects of my invention are to provide acollapsible drinking cup with a folding handle, which, when the cup isopen for use'is connected to a portion of the base of the cup so as tohold and prevent the cup from collapsing while in use, to provide awater and dustproof box or container for the collapsible cup and toprovide the box or container with a ring wherebyit may bereadily-engaged and carried While the cup is in service.

To the above purposes my invention con- 'sists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 5 designates a baseplate in the form of a disk of thin, light-weight material preferablymetal such as aluminum, and rigidly fixed to said base is the lowersection 6 of the body of the'cup. This section is in the form of a ringof thin material such as aluminum, and said ring gradually tapers towardits lower end.

7, 8 and 9 designate intermediate ring sections which form the main bodyportion of the cup, and each of thesesections tapers slightly toward-itslower end.

10 designates the ring section forming the body of the cup, the sametapering slightly lower end and provided with a l2 designates an ear thelower end of I l which is pivot-ally connected to the upper ring section10 by means of a rivet 13, and hinged to the upper end of the ear 12 isthe upper end of a curved handle 11 the lower end of which is providedwith an outwardly projecting pin or stud 15. Fixed to the base 5 and proectingupwardly therefrom is a bracket 16 in the upper portion of whichis formed an aperture 17 adapted to receive the pin or stud 15.

The box or container for my improved collapsrble cup comprises a roundbody portion 18 preferably constructed of thin sheet metal, and adaptedto fit the'reonto is a cover 19, the same being connected to; the part18 by a hinge 20. Formed in the part 18 adjacent the edge thereof is acircular'recess 21, and hinged to the edge of the part 18 and adapted tooccupy this recess 21 is a'ring 22 by means of which the box orreceptacle is engaged and held while the collapsible .cup is removedtherefrom and in service.

The cover 19 fits snugly on the part 18 in order to form a water anddust proof container for the collapsible cup.' When the cup is collapsedand positioned in the com tainer the handle 14 is swungupward and foldedover into the collapsed, or telescoped sections 6- to 10 inclusive,dotted lines in Fig. 1, and when the cup is open for use the handle isshifted slightly to one side, I mit the pin or stud 15 carried by thelower end of said handle to be engaged in the aperture 17, thus lockingthe cup in its open or expanded position. Thus, when the cup is inservice it is impossible for it to accidentally collapse therebyspilling its contents.

A collapsed cup of my improved construction is very simple, can becheaply produced and is locked in open position by'means of the handle,and when said cup is not in service it occupies a position within thedust and water proof receptacle and is therefore kept in a clean-andsanitary condition. I

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of thevarious parts of my improved cup can as shown by theas shown in F ig.-3 in order to per- I is open.

readily be made and substituted for those herein shown and describedwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

1. In a device of the class described a base, a series of telescopingsections, the lower 'one of which is fixed to the base, a memberpivotailymounted on the upper one of the telescoping sections, a handlehinged at its upper end to said pivotally mounted member and means onthe base for engaging the lower end of the handle when the cup 2. In a aseries of telescoping sections, the lower one device of the classdescribed a base,

of which is fixed to said base, an ear pix otally mounted onthe upperone of the telescoplng sections, a handle hinged to said ear, a latefixed to and projecting upwardly EMELINE S. BURNS.

Witnesses M. P. SMITH, LILY Rosa.-

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